That sounds like it. It was very tender and juicy. A little more
spice than I like ( I have IBS) but a nice change from the
usual....Sharon

wrote:
>
> biig wrote:
> > Found it at the grocery store today. I thought it would be nice to
> > do a roast that I could just "put it in the oven" Nicely seasoned,
> but
> > the big surprise was that it was wrapped totally in pork rind. A
> nice,
> > tender roast, with butter and herb mashed, and fresh steamed
> broccoli.
> > Not a bad price, either. 7.46 Cdn money and with the two of us it
> will
> > make another full meal and enough left for sandwiches on
> Sunday.....Has
> > anyone every seen these roasts? .....Sharon
>
> I've bought porchetta at butcher shops in Tuscany, it's sort of a
> spiced pork loin, from memory. Very tender, juicy and full of flavour.
> Does that sound like the Canadian porchetta? I roast it in a generous
> splash of oilve oil, which takes on the flavour of the pork. Oil is
> then served separately, to be soaked up in chunks of fresh local bread.
>
> James